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Chemistry, Physical
Satu Lipiainen, Kalle Lipiainen, Antti Ahola, Esa Vakkilainen
Summary: The rapidly increasing production volume of clean hydrogen poses challenges for transport infrastructure. Utilizing existing gas infrastructure for hydrogen transport is feasible, but the effects and issues need to be considered.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
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Economics
Peter Kotek, Borbala Takacsne Toth, Adrienn Selei
Summary: Since the start of the EU's decarbonization agenda, hydrogen has attracted significant attention. It is considered a potential solution for challenging sectors and industries, and also a way to future-proof the gas industry's existing infrastructure networks. However, a modeling methodology in this report shows that blending hydrogen is not viable, and repurposing pipelines could result in excessive investment costs of EUR 19-25 billion during the modeled period (2020-2050) for the EU-27.
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Energy & Fuels
Julien Mouli-Castillo, Niklas Heinemann, Katriona Edlmann
Summary: This study introduces a globally applicable methodology for matching hydrogen storage with energy demand in order to address the decarbonization challenges in the domestic heating sector. Using the UK domestic heating system as a case study, it demonstrates that only a few offshore gas fields are needed to store enough hydrogen energy to balance seasonal demand.
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Engineering, Chemical
Tianxiao Li, Pei Liu, Zheng Li
Summary: Transition pathways towards different targets result in significant variations in energy system deployment and transition costs. Hydrogen plays a crucial role in achieving carbon neutral goals, but its production methods and costs are closely linked with the energy supply system's structure. Identifying an economically feasible transition pathway is key due to the massive investments in energy infrastructure and their long-term implications.
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Chemistry, Physical
Johannes Giehl, Jeremias Hollnagel, Joachim Mueller-Kirchenbauer
Summary: Substantial changes in the energy system are necessary to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality. Green hydrogen is a key to defossilisation. The paper provides an analysis of the economic implications of converting gas distribution networks to hydrogen, with results showing potentially higher costs compared to synthetic methane and electrification scenarios.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
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Mathematics
Alma Maciulyte-Sniukiene, Mindaugas Butkus, Renata Macaitiene, Vida Davidaviciene
Summary: This study aims to provide recommendations for policymakers regarding infrastructure investment allocation by assessing the non-linear relationships between transport and ICT infrastructure development and convergence of EU MS NUTS2 regions. The results indicate a diminishing marginal effect of infrastructure development on convergence, and a tipping point after which infrastructure development slows down convergence.
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Environmental Studies
Joan Marull, Roc Padro, Maria Jose La Rota-Aguilera, Joan Pino, Annalisa Giocoli, Jacob Cirera, Nuria Ruiz-Fores, Francesc Coll, Tarik Serrano-Tovar, Raul Velasco-Fernandez
Summary: This paper proposes a socioecological integrated analysis model for metropolitan green infrastructures and applies it to the Urban Master Plan of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area in order to contribute to sustainable land use policies. The study shows that the current land use planning trends have a negative impact on the ecological functioning of the landscape and the provision of ecosystem services. Therefore, deeper changes are needed in land use policies to promote agroecological transitions towards more sustainable metropolitan green infrastructures under climate change scenarios.
Article
Thermodynamics
Siming Song, Tianxiao Li, Pei Liu, Zheng Li
Summary: Achieving carbon neutrality requires reshaping energy supply systems, with a focus on infrastructure layout in system planning to improve transition feasibility. Results indicate that power systems and hydrogen systems will dominate in carbon neutral energy systems, and more efforts are needed beyond 2030 to achieve carbon neutrality.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Tansu Galimova, Mahdi Fasihi, Dmitrii Bogdanov, Christian Breyer
Summary: Widely available and low-cost solar photovoltaics and wind power can enable production of renewable electricity-based hydrogen, which can be used as a feedstock for further processing. However, this study found that despite lower production costs in Morocco and Chile, transporting e-hydrogen to Germany and Finland makes imports economically unattractive. Therefore, local production of e-hydrogen may be more feasible and can enhance energy security and job opportunities.
Article
Economics
Alma Maciulyte-Sniukiene, Mindaugas Butkus, Marek Szarucki
Summary: Infrastructure development is crucial for economic growth, but the existing studies mainly focus on national level returns without examining regional outcomes. This research evaluates the economic outcomes of transport and ICT infrastructure development at the regional level in EU-28 countries and finds a positive correlation between motorway and internet infrastructure and production outcomes. Government quality and corruption also play a role in infrastructure output.
TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jan-Philipp Sasse, Evelina Trutnevyte
Summary: The low-carbon electricity sector in Europe can bring overall benefits of new investment, employment, and decreased emissions, but may contribute to regional inequalities between Northern and Southern Europe. Improving equity is an emerging priority in climate and energy strategies, but there is limited understanding of how these strategies would affect inequalities. Regional disparities in price, employment, and land use are particularly relevant in the electricity sector, which must decarbonize first to enable decarbonization in other sectors.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Tim Brown, Hilary Kisting
Summary: This analysis examines the service rates at a heavily used retail hydrogen station in California, aiming to understand how station capacity affects customer wait times. The data collected from thousands of hydrogen refuelings provides insights into station and network capacity, suggesting that larger, multi-position stations would serve customers significantly better than smaller, one position stations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yingdong He, Yuekuan Zhou, Jia Liu, Zhengxuan Liu, Guoqiang Zhang
Summary: This study proposes a framework for inter-city energy migration based on transportation, which enables sharing and balancing of energy resources, reducing regional energy imbalance and carbon emissions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eefje Cuppen, Igor Nikolic, Jan Kwakkel, Jaco Quist
Summary: Finding leverage points for sustainability transformation of industrial and infrastructure systems is challenging due to complex interactions among socio-technical system elements over time in a specific context. Participatory multi-modelling, where modellers and stakeholders collaborate to develop multiple models, can support sustainability transformations by facilitating social learning and dialogue between stakeholders. This process can create a boundary object ecology with multiple interacting objects that evolve throughout the modelling process.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Liang Ran, Yaling Mao, Tiejiang Yuan, Guofeng Li
Summary: This paper predicts the demand for hydrogen energy in various fields using the support vector regression algorithm. The study establishes a planning model to analyze the impact of comprehensive utilization of hydrogen energy on the low-carbon transformation of the power sector, using Gansu Province of China as an example for empirical analysis.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Diego Garcia-Gusano, Diego Iribarren, Mario Martin-Gamboa, Javier Dufour, Kari Espegren, Arne Lind
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2016)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Diego Garcia-Gusano, Kari Espegren, Arne Lind, Martin Kirkengen
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2016)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Arne Lind, Kari Espegren
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2017)
Article
Thermodynamics
Christoph Stiller, Ann Mari Svensson, Steffen Moller-Holst, Ulrich Bunger, Kari Aamodt Espegren, Oystein Bindesboll Holm, Asgeir Tomasgard
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Thermodynamics
Eva Rosenberg, Arne Lind, Kari Aamodt Espegren
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Economics
Arne Lind, Eva Rosenberg, Pernille Seljom, Kari Espegren, Audun Fidje, Karen Lindberg
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Neil Strachan, Ric Hoefnagels, Andrea Ramirez, Machteld van den Broek, Audun Fidje, Kari Espegren, Pernille Seljom, Markus Blesl, Tom Kober, Poul Erik Grohnheit
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2011)
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Chemistry, Physical
Eva Rosenberg, Audun Fidje, Kari Aamodt Espegren, Christoph Stiller, Ann Mari Svensson, Steffen Moller-Holst
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2010)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Kari Espegren, Sigrid Damman, Paolo Pisciella, Ingeborg Graabak, Asgeir Tomasgard
Summary: The paper presents a radical decarbonization pathway for Norwegian society towards 2050, focusing on the role of hydrogen in the transition and the potential for establishing an international hydrogen market. The study highlights the importance of access to renewable power and hydrogen in decarbonizing transport and industrial sectors in Norway, while emphasizing that hydrogen is essential for maintaining a high level of economic activity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Gaylord Kabongo Booto, Kari Aamodt Espegren, Ragnhild Hancke
Summary: This study compares the life cycle environmental impacts of three reference heavy-duty trucks, showing that battery electric trucks and hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional diesel trucks.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
